The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times

The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times

"Law and lobbying in the nation's capital." While the BLT's law firm news for the most part stays inside the Beltway, its concise and timely original reporting on all three branches of the federal government gives it national appeal.

Author: The BLT is a regularly updated legal news blog written primarily by Legal Times reporters and editors, including Tony Mauro, the U.S. Supreme Court correspondent; editor-in-chief Tony Brown; executive editor Tom Schoenberg; federal courts reporter Joe Palazzolo; legal business reporters Brian Katkin and Marisa McQuilken; courts reporter Mike Scarcella; Capitol Hill reporter David Ingram; associate opinion editor Robert Rogers; editorial assistant Jeff Jeffrey, and others.

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